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Guarantee vs Compounder - What's the difference?

guarantee | compounder |

As nouns the difference between guarantee and compounder

is that guarantee is anything that assures a certain outcome while compounder is a person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result).

As a verb guarantee

is to assure that something will get done right.

guarantee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything that assures a certain outcome.
    • Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match?
  • A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly.
    • The cooker comes with a 5-year guarantee .
  • A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
    • (South)
  • The person to whom a guarantee is made.

    • Verb

    (d)
  • To assure that something will get done right.
  • To assume responsibility for a debt.
  • To make something certain.
    • The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.

    Synonyms

    * assure * warrant

    Related terms

    * guaranty * guarantor

    compounder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
    • a compounder of medicines
  • One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
  • * Burke
    • Compounder in politics.
  • One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
  • * Hudibras
    • Religious houses made compounders / For the horrid actions of their founders.
  • (UK, archaic) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
  • (UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of (James II), on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.